Meteorology Review

Chapters 22-25

• Question – • What instrument do you use to

measure atmospheric pressure?

• Answer –• Barometer

• Question –• What 2 factors influence local winds?

• Answer –• Local conditions & local temperature

• Question –• What is the name of the narrow, weak

zone of variable winds at the equator called?

• Answer –• The doldrums

• Question –• An object that travels north from the

equator will curve in what direction?

• Answer –• North because of the Coriolis Effect

• Question –• What is the dew point?

• Answer –• The rate at which condensation

equals the rate of evaporation

• Question –• T or F – condensation nuclei are

needed in order for clouds to form?

• Answer –• Definitely TRUE!

• Question –• What is hail?

• Answer –• Precipitation in the form of lumps of

ice.

• Question –• What is the most common form of

solid precipitation?

• Answer –• Snow

• Question –• What is advection fog?

• Answer –• Fog that forms along coasts, where

warm, moist air over the water moves over the land.

• Question –• What does the prefix –nimbo or the

suffix –nimbus mean?

• Answer –• Rain producing

• Question –What happens to the rate of evaporation when the temperature decreases?

• Answer –• It decreases

• Question –• When ice melts, is latent heat

released or absorbed?

• Answer –• Absorbed

• Question –• What air masses move eastward,

toward Europe?

• Answer –• Maritime polar Atlantic

• Question –• What are the 4 types of air masses?

• Answer –• Continental polar, maritime polar,

continental tropical, maritime tropical

• Question –• What do the weather map symbols H

& L represent?

• Answer –• Air pressure centers

• Question –• T or F – does radar measure lower-

atmospheric pressure?

• Answer –• FALSE

• Question –• What is a cold front?

• Answer –• When a cold air mass overtakes a

warm air mass & lifts the warm air mass off the ground

• Question –• Finish this statement: Storms along a

warm front ….

• Answer –• Produce precipitation over a large

area and are sometimes violent

• Question –• What is rain shadow?

• Answer –• When a moving air mass hits a

mountain, rises, cools, & loses most of its moisture through precipitation.

• Question –• What happens when sun heats water

& the land?

• Answer – • Water heats more slowly than the

land does.

• Question –• When is a land breeze more likely to

occur?

• Answer –• noon

• Question –• How does fog differ from clouds?

• Answer –• Forms closer to the ground

• Question –• How is thunder created?

• Answer –• When lightening causes a rapid

expansion & collapse of air

• Question –• What are 2 major factors that are

used to identify climate?

• Answer –• Temperature & precipitation

Vocabulary

• Coriolis Effect• Trade Winds• Westerlies• Polar easterlies• Convection Cells

• Absolute humidity• Latent heat• Coalescence• Stratus clouds• Dew point• Supercooling• Cirrus clouds• Sublimation• Relative humidity• Condensation nucleus

More Vocabulary

• Continental polar• Maritime polar• Maritime tropical• Continental tropical

• Blizzards• Tornados• Hurricanes• Tsunamis• Earthquakes• Thunderstorms• Avalanches• Mudslides• Volcanoes• Droughts